Developed by Avnet’s factory-certified field
application engineers (FAEs), the $49 Actel Ultra-Low Power workshops
will be available through August 26, 2008, in 36 locations throughout
North America.

“Our new SpeedWay workshops offer customers
the opportunity to implement a working ultra-low power IGLOO design from
start to finish,” said Phil Sansone, senior
vice president of Avnet Memec. “Whether they
are looking to lower power consumption and extend battery life or meet
environmentally friendly design requirements, this hands-on workshop
will give engineers the practical information they are looking for to
make that happen.”

“Power consumption and extended battery life
are critical in today’s portable electronics
marketplace,” said Jay Legenhausen, senior
vice president of worldwide sales for Actel. “The
new SpeedWay workshops offer valuable technical training on the industry’s
lowest power FPGAs as well as the tools required to closely examine
power consumption, enabling customers to see for themselves the
unprecedented low-power advantages and significant battery savings
offered by these industry-changing programmable solutions.”

All participants will receive Actel’s
battery-powered IGLOO Icicle Kit and a 7-segment digital multi-meter –
a $100 value. For more information and to register, please visit:
www.em.avnet.com/actellowpower.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics
Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and
electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70
countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers
and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The
group's Web site is located at
http://www.em.avnet.com.

About Avnet

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) is one of the largest distributors of electronic
components, computer products and technology services and solutions with
more than 300 locations serving more than 70 countries worldwide. The
company markets, distributes and optimizes the supply-chain and provides
design-chain services for the products of the world's leading electronic
component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded
subsystem providers. Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities,
such as maximizing inventory efficiency, managing logistics, assembling
products and providing engineering design assistance for its 100,000
customers, accelerating their growth through cost-effective, value-added
services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, Avnet
generated revenue of $15.68 billion. For more information, visit
www.avnet.com.